Special Containment Procedures: All attempts to contain any instances of SCP-THETIS or SCP-THETIS-2 have been unsuccessful. We will not look at the moon whenever it is visible in the sky. All commercial, private, and government-owned optical and radio telescopes will be utilized to monitor the movements of SCP-THETIS-2 instances. Government funding of non-essential fields, such as marine biology, will be transferred over to Project Summer's End. All weapons of mass destruction will be made available for the execution of Project Summer's End. Preparations will be made for mass migration in the event that Project Summer's End fails. Our primary focus as a species will be the success of Project Summer's End.

Description: SCP-THETIS consists of numerous artificial structures on the surface of our moon. We do not know the exact shape or size of any SCP-THETIS instances, nor do we know what materials they are made out of or why they are being constructed. This is because visual information of SCP-THETIS possesses a potent cognitohazard that induces seizures. Victims who survive the initial seizures cease to express sapience. They become unable to comprehend language and only move to obtain sustenance or enable smooth bowel movements. Otherwise, victims are sedentary, quiet, and mostly unresponsive. Roughly four million of us have fallen victim to this anomaly.

This cognitohazard is also present recorded images of SCP-THETIS, but does not extend to observation of our moon itself or any other celestial bodies. However, SCP-THETIS instances currently cover at least 10% of the moon's surface that is visible from our Earth, which means that any of us who look at our moon with our naked eyes risk exposure to SCP-THETIS's anomalous properties.

SCP-THETIS-2 refers to unidentifiable humanoid entities on the lunar surface. They are always clad in full-body suits covered in a reflective black material, which is distinctly different from modern space equipment. SCP-THETIS-2 instances are indistinguishable from one another and have been observed traveling in numbers as high as 2013 at any given time. They are not affected by SCP-THETIS's anomalous properties and become unobservable upon entering SCP-THETIS instances. SCP-THETIS-2 instances have been observed via telescope transporting the following items between instances of SCP-THETIS:

We discovered these anomalies at 10:34:56 AM EST on April 10th, 2033. We have lost 47 reconnaissance spacecraft, 12 war machines, and 84,000+ probes during attempts to capture instances of SCP-THETIS and SCP-THETIS-2. All of our attempts to destroy instances of SCP-THETIS and SCP-THETIS-2 have failed. Tentative experimentation with all relevant catalogued SCPs for the sake of discovering more about SCP-THETIS has been authorized.

Dear O5-3,
I'm sure that you are aware that I have exposed hundreds of H-Class entities to [[SCP-023|SCP-023]] and do not have much to show for it, since the ones that actually cooperated now all suffer from the symptoms of exposure to SCP-THETIS. I understand that this is why there is a consensus among our people that using up any more of our limited supply of pigs. However, the very last pig choked out a few words before he became unable to talk:
"Our savior is coming"
I know that it is a stretch to believe that there are any H-Class entities hiding from us outside of the bounds of our Earth, especially after your campaign through North America that decimated their chances of launching any spacecraft. However, due to the presence of missing skips on the moon and timing of SCP-THETIS's appearance, I think that both you and I know what they are.
It's them.
I request to be put in charge of the execution of the final stage of Project Summer's End.
Sincerely,
Dr. Raze

At 05:16:36 PM EST on May 23rd, 2033, a text-based transmission was received by Dr. Raze from an unknown source:

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-DOT is to be kept in a secure storage locker located within Site 19. The locker must be sanitized weekly; if any blood is found on or around SCP-DOT, it is to be bathed thoroughly until no blood is present. If SCP-DOT accidentally pierces the skin of any personnel, said personnel must be quarantined indefinitely. Quarantined Class E personnel may only be released after clearing an intense psychological evaluation to ensure no containment breach has occurred.

Following Incident DOT-A-1, testing of SCP-DOT is discontinued until further notice. Any attempts to remove SCP-DOT from its’ locker outside of routine sanitation efforts will lead to severe consequences for all personnel involved, up to and including termination.

Description: SCP-DOT is an 8cm by 4cm by 3cm object with rounded edges that was retrieved from a museum in [DATA EXPUNGED] after civilians reported that the object glowed dimly if someone placed their hand against the glass of its’ container. Before Foundation personnel arrived to secure the artifact, however, it was removed from its’ case to determine the cause of the glow. A museum security guard was discovered with SCP-DOT embedded in his right arm with three cadavers around him. After retrieving SCP-DOT and administering Class D Amnestics, on-sight autopsies revealed the destruction of the skulls of all three individuals from an external force. Analysis of bone fragments led to the conclusion that an external force akin to a human hand closing around their skulls had been the cause for the civilians’ deaths.

SCP-DOT is comprised of gold insulating coil and needles at both ends of a glass container. Within the container is a turbine that has been determined to also be gold, affixed within the container by gold fastening screws. The surface of SCP-DOT is free of characters or letters; SCP-DOT’s origins remain unknown and attempts to replicate it have failed. CT scans of the artifact, however, reveal characters that are written in Old Chinese, which repeat the following two phrases along the inner rim: “I love you”, “I miss you”, “I did not forget”.

Once a human is within a few meters of SCP-DOT, the turbine will emit an array of electromagnetic radiation that moves between infrared and red visible light. The electromagnetic radiation appears to act as expected, and no anomalous properties have been ascertained from the glow. SCP-DOT glows brighter the closer a human is to it, but does not glow any brighter if more than a single person is present. Some people cause SCP-DOT to glow brighter than others, and the cause for that has not been determined. SCP-DOT does not seem to cause any anomalous phenomena to occur in animals and plants that have been near SCP-DOT, regardless of proximity to it.

Additional Notes: Due to its’ interaction with human beings, testing with SCP-DOT has been approved by Dr. Hunter in order to determine the nature of the glow produced by SCP-DOT and if any other anomalous phenomena can be attributed to SCP-DOT. The following documents are restricted based on security clearance, but none of them are absolutely essential to understanding and following the Special Containment Procedures as intended.

Subject: D-948Procedure: In order to ascertain if SCP-DOT would interact with deceased human beings, a recently executed D-948 is placed in the same room as SCP-DOT, which remains on a chair directly above the body.Results: After roughly 64 hours, SCP-DOT did not glow nor produce any anomalous phenomena. An autopsy of D-948 produces nothing substantial.Dr. Hunter: We’re doing something wrong. Let’s try another.

Experiment DOT-7

Subject: D-092Procedure: For the sake of completely ruling out SCP-DOT’s effects on deceased human beings, D-092, whom is dying from the effects of [REDACTED], is restrained and placed in the same room as SCP-DOT.Results: SCP-DOT glistens until D-092 expires. No other significant events are recorded.Dr. Hunter: Okay, okay, cadavers are useless. I wasn’t really expecting zombies. Some dancing and singing would’ve been cool, though.

Experiment DOT-8

Subject: D-101Procedure: Since it was discovered that SCP-DOT would react to the presence of humans, D-101 is secured within the same room as SCP-DOT and is instructed to go about his day as he usually did.Results: After 10 hours, D-101 falls asleep without interacting with the artifact. Within 13 minutes, SCP-DOT trembles and shifs roughly three centimeters closer to D-101. It did not move again, despite the experiment going on for 18 more hours.Dr. Hunter: Huh.

Experiment DOT-9

Subject: D-134Procedure: Inside a room all to herself, D-134 is instructed to hold SCP-DOT against her right arm.Results: After 2 hours, SCP-DOT jerks into D-134's arm and draws blood. D-134 immediately pulls SCP-DOT free and throws it across to the room. It is glowing a deep crimson- brighter than it has ever glowed before- and remains undamaged.Dr. Hunter: That bitch better not have damaged it… I swear, people think they can do whatever they want regardless of their actual standing in life.

Experiment DOT-10

Subject: D-138 and D-139Procedure: Both D-Class Personnel are secured and fitted with Belkin 70s1 assigned to kill switches in Dr. Hunter’s possession. SCP-DOT has one of its’ needle ends jabbed into D-138’s left arm by D-139, whom is instructed to hold it there.Results: SCP-DOT glows intensely, prompting shouts from both D-Class Personnel. Once blood begins to push through SCP-DOT to flow out of its’ free end, D-138 stops speaking and grows still as SCP-DOT’s glow grows rapidly dim. After a few moments, her body shakes intensely before becoming limp and collapsing. An autopsy reveals that D-138’s heart had burst hard enough to fracture three ribs with no discernable cause.Dr. Hunter: I guess that’s one way to be a heartbreaker; be a bedtime light that runs on blood.

Experiment DOT-13

Subject: D-151Procedure: While restrained to a chair with one arm free, D-151 is instructed to jab SCP-DOT’s into himself, taking care that both ends hit the same vein.Results: Nearby objects levitate up to eleven centimeters off their original positions. These include the sheet on a cot against one of the walls (4 centimeters), D-151’s hair (1-3 centimeters), and a penny inside Dr. Hunter’s pocket (11 centimeters). After a few moments, SCP-DOT stops glowing and all levitating objects are released from the phenomena that had raised them. D-151 survives the encounter, and constantly repeats the word ‘Mother’ for a three hours.Dr. Hunter: Well. I guess we need to reintroduce kill switches to these tests.

Experiment DOT-18

Subject: D-215Procedure: After it was determined that people that caused SCP-DOT to glow brighter would have greater control over the telekinetic abilities gained with SCP-DOT affixed to them as well as perform certain acts without using up as much blood, a search went out for the individual that could make SCP-DOT glow the brightest amongst D-Class Personnel. After D-215 was discovered to be this candidate, Belkin 70s are wrapped around her wrists, SCP-DOT’s needles are pushed into her right arm, and she is instructed to play with ten pens as she sees fit.Results: D-215 twirls and sword-fights with the pens for eleven minutes before growing still. This is initially thought to be her meeting the threshold, but she suddenly sends the pens flying at the glass between her and the researchers. Despite the soft plastic of the pens and the short distance between D-215 and the glass, the pens nearly broke through to the other end. D-215 is swiftly and successfully restrained by the Belkin 70s.Dr. Hunter: “That was way too close. We’re going to need to be in a separate room entirely so that we can test their abilities with bigger, more complex objects!”

Report Notes
To produce the telekinetic phenomena, SCP-DOT must have one of its’ needles within some form of blood within a living human person, known as a subject. This can be accomplished by piercing a major artery in the arm or leg of a subject with one or both ends of SCP-DOT; the SCP will keep itself in place through currently unknown means. The turbine within SCP-DOT will then spin due to the flow of blood from one end to the other, which marks the beginning of the period where the subject will be able to perform basic acts of lifting, shifting, and launching objects via willpower. Such acts have yet to manifest beyond the thresholds met during tests conducted thus far:

*Lifting an array of objects totaling 121.7kg higher than one meter for more than one second
*Lifting a single object totaling 149.4kg higher than one meter for more than one second
*Launching a 2.7kg fountain pen through the air faster than 62 meters per second
*Displacing an object in sight further than 69 meters away
*Displacing an object out of sight further than 8 meters away
*Displacing an object for longer than eleven minutes, thirty eight seconds

Subjects release their hold on any object(s) they are displacing if they come near these thresholds, complaining of fatigue and headaches. When forced to attempt to push through the threshold numerous times, subjects become unconscious. Most subjects, however, fall unconscious or otherwise seem unable to get close to these thresholds, and this has been linked to the intensity of SCP-DOT’s glow when around a subject. Regardless of the subjects’ physical state, SCP-DOT will continue to be active until human blood isn’t turning its’ internal turbine. Upon close observation of subjects blood pressure and volume throughout tests, it was discovered that SCP-DOT absorbs anywhere from 0.02 ounces to 0.65 ounces of blood from subjects every hour that it is attached to them at rest. It is estimated that the average adult male can survive 6-7 hours with SCP-DOT inserted. At best, with no exertion and a healthy cardiovascular system, someone could last a week. At worst, with heavy use of SCP-DOT and an unfit form, a person could expire within four seconds.

While SCP-DOT is active, a secondary phenomenon can manifest with seemingly no cause. Auditory and visual hallucinations occur for the subject, paranoia and listlessness being commonly reported. Subjects describe these hallucinations as a mix of single words pounding in their mind and their vision being tinged red. Soon after these hallucinations occur, either the subject becomes unable to perform telekinetic acts until blood volume and pressure are restored or the subject expires. This has always been the case, except for during Incident DOT-A-1 where [REACTED].

Incident DOT-A-1Foreword: This follows the events of Experiment DOT-42, where a D-Class Personnel that could cause SCP-DOT to tremble as well as glow blindingly in his presence was discovered (D-489). He was placed in a room with two other male D-Class Personnel (D-482 and D-491), both of whom prompted a very low radiant reaction from SCP-DOT and the same blood type (O-) as D-489. All three subjects had Belkin 80s attached to them. Then, [[SCP-2569|SCP-2569]] is placed within the room with SCP-DOT inside of it. Other objects, such as wooden blocks, are scattered around the room. This experiment was overseen from a nearby security location by Dr. Hunter, who handled all the authorizations required for extensive use of SCP-2569.

<Begin Log>Dr. Hunter: You may turn SCP-2569 on, D-489.
[D-489 hesitates, gazing up at the camera with a smirk.]D-489: And what if I don’t want to?Dr. Hunter: Then you can mumble your last prayers, because I’m not approving any medical attention for you if you need it with that attitude.D-489: Tch.
[D-489 heads over to the power supply for SCP-2569 while D-482 is milling around the room silently and D-491 is kicking around the wooden blocks.]Dr. Hunter: D-491, stop being a hylophobe!D-491: What the hell does tha-
[D-491 is cut off as D-489 powers on SCP-2569 and proceeds to scream incoherently with hands on the sides of his head. D-491 begins to back away while D-482 is motionless while SCP-2569 begins to fill up with wax.]Dr. Hunter: D-491, stay within five meters of SCP-2569.D-481: No way! What the fuck is happening to him?Dr. Hunter: Go up to him and find out.
[D-491 shakes his head, continuing to back away. D-489 suddenly stops screaming, staring at the ground from his knees as he begins mumbling inaudibly.]Dr. Hunter: D-482, get close to him and tell me what he’s saying.
[D-482 looks around, clearly anxious. After a few moments of hesitation, he moves forward while D-491 is banging against the door, pleading for sanctuary. Once D-482 is within a meter of D-489, the latter’s words can be heard properly.]D-489: … I… yes… I will…Dr. Hunter: D-489, report your status. What are you hearing? Are you in pain?
[D-489 rises. As he does, D-491 and D-482 simultaneously fall to the ground, yelling about a burning sensation in their chests before expiring inexplicably. D-489 raises his right hand and turns it, appearing to be examining it.]Dr. Hunter: … Okay.
[Dr. Hunter flicks her kill switch to the Belkin 80s on D-489’s wrists. He appears unaffected beyond his hands becoming limp. He goes on to gesture to SCP-2569 with his limp right hand.]D-489: I’m putting my trust in you… My Lord…
[D-489 tenses his right arm. Wax leaks freely from SCP-2569, quickly being replaced as it coats D-489. Once it covers the entirety of his body, the stream ceases and D-489 ignites himself through unknown means.]Dr. Hunter: … Holy fuck.
[D-489 pushes through the steel door of the experiment area with ease. He is immediately fired upon by security personnel that have been on standby. The flames wafting off of D-489’s body inexplicably sweep out to obliterate bullets, allowing D-489 to move unimpeded to burn the first wave of security personnel, lifting one off to the side with telekinesis so that he can push an arm through the guard’s pelvis.]Dr. Hunter: Get your radio, Mildred. This is an actual containment breach.
[D-489 had moved 46 meters away by the time an announcement regarding the containment breach occurs. D-489 sprints in a single direction for another 429 meters, only changing course to avoid the containment cells of other SCPs until he is outside. Fourteen security personnel are injured and two are dead as SCP-489 continues moving forward, yelling into the sky.]D-489: YES, GOD! I WILL SAVE YOU! I WILL RESCUE YOU FROM THE HEATHENS! MY ARMS WILL EMBRACE YO-Dr. Hunter: Embrace this, asshole!
[A steel door that is levitating somewhere between 30cm to 80cm off the ground flies through the hole left in the side of the building, followed closely by Dr. Hunter. SCP-DOT is glowing intensely on Dr. Hunter’s arm as she and the door approach the now motionless D-489 quickly.]D-489: ARE YOU A FOOL? GOD HAS GIVEN ME POWERS THAT NO LONGER DEPEND ON ANY RELIC! WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ME, THE CHOSEN ONE!?
[D-489 holds out his right hand at the door and Dr. Hunter. However, the only change observed in their velocity and orientation is a slight tremble in the door as the pair continue forward.]D-489: H-HOW ARE YOU REFUSING ME! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!
[D-489 swings out their left arm, releasing a torrent of liquid flame at the steel door. Within two seconds, the door is melted through and falls to the ground, allowing the fire to continue onwards.]D-489: HAHAHAHA! FUCK THE FOUNDATION! FUCK YOU ALL-
[Dr. Hunter is seen rolling off to the side of D-489, holding out her right arm, which does not possess SCP-DOT. D-489 falls to his knees, clutching at his chest as he screams incoherently.]Dr. Hunter: The only thing you’ve been chosen for is termination!
[D-489 holds out his right hand again, clenching it into a fist. Dr. Hunter’s left arm contorts and twists as bones are broken. Before it can be torn off, however, D-489 expires and the flames begin to die down. Security personnel arrive on the scene shortly after Dr. Hunter falls unconscious. SCP-DOT and Dr. Hunter are recovered safely, no other SCPs breached containment, and SCP-2569 is shut off sans further incident.]<End Log>

Additional Notes: It was discovered that SCP-2569’s area of affect had temporarily increased from 5 meters to 108 meters. Somehow, SCP-DOT was able to convert the wax from SCP-2569 back into human blood into order to fuel its’ phenomena. Upon turning off SCP-2569, blood volume was restored to all living and deceased individuals that had been affected.

Foreword: The following is an interview between Dr. Hunter and Dr. Kogoes about what transpired between Dr. Hunter and SCP-DOT. Any references to feeling warm, hot, or on fire by Dr. Hunter are attributed to SCP-2569’s anomalous effects due to the fact that Dr. Hunter did not appear to ignite at all, as opposed to D-489.

<Begin Log>Dr. Kogoes: Alright. I want you to start with what happened directly after you had Milly report the containment breach and go from there.Dr. Hunter: Sure. I watched as all the guys I had waiting around for some action get bodied, so I was pretty sure that we were thoroughly fucked. The guy just up and left, though. And you know how I am. I just had to do something.Dr. Kogoes: So you went into the experiment area, took SCP-DOT out of SCP-2569, put SCP-DOT on yourself, and then chased after the dickhead without turning SCP-2569…?
[Dr. Hunter glances at the door briefly before she responds.]Dr. Hunter: Once I had the thing on my arm, it started speaking to me. I’m still not sure who or what it was, but it told me that I should turn off the lamp… so I figured that it was a bad idea. Giving D-489 his blood back would probably make him stronger and faster.Dr. Kogoes: Why the door, though?Dr. Hunter: I had no idea that D-489 would struggle to take the door from me. That was just an educated risk. All I was sure of was that it’d be significantly hard to target me while he was unable to see me from behind the door, so I betted on that and then, when I could see him clearly, I crushed his chest.Dr. Kogoes: And had your arm broken in numerous places.Dr. Hunter: All great acts require sacrifice.Dr. Kogoes: I’m sure…
[Dr. Kogoes shuffles some papers before clearing his throat.]Dr. Kogoes: So, apart from this voice telling you to not turn off SCP-2569, what else did it say to you?Dr. Hunter: Well, as I was getting ready to confront D-489, it was telling me ‘What you are wearing is a gift from my mother to my father. It is very precious to me. Please do not break it or my herald.’ When I tried to ignore it, it went, ‘I am all that I have. It is cold.’ That was it, until after I killed D-489.
[Dr. Hunter stops, her gaze descending to the table for a few moments before rising.]Dr. Hunter: Everything became red, like what previous test subjects have reported. And then it said, ‘No matter how many souls rebel and deny me, I am coming. My light will illuminate the entirety of existence, and the only truth will be me. Every soul will burn in honor of my father.’ I konked out after that.Dr. Kogoes: Well. I’m glad that you made such a reckless attempt at suicide with unauthorized use of an SCP known to induce hallucinations, all after doing something as risky as cross-testing two SCPs, Jesse. You should be proud of yourself.Dr. Hunter: I stopped D-489 from hurting anyone else and didn’t lose any SCP in the process. You would have ran for the hills regardless of how many lives were in danger. Cross-testing SCPs is necessary to protect humanity and improve the containment of current and future SCPs; these facts should have been burned into your head during your internship days, Adam.
[Silence permeates for twenty seconds as the two glare at one another. Dr. Kogoes eventually stands, taking with him the small stack of papers that he had previously shuffled.]Dr. Kogoes: I hope you’re cleared soon and all.Dr. Hunter: Yep.<End Log>

Additional Notes: Dr. Hunter was allowed to return to their everyday duties two months later after intense, repeated psychological exams. Further testing of SCP-DOT is to be discontinued. Due to the conclusion that Incident DOT-A-1 may have been in relation to [[SCP-2995|SCP-2995]], an examination of containment procedures and areas in Site 62B occurred. No damage or errors were found.

Footnotes

1. Circular devices that are strapped to a subject’s wrists. When activated, a low dose of artificial tetrodotoxin is administered to produce temporary paralysis. A higher dose is injected by Belkin 80s, and a lethal dose is produced by Belkin 90s.